Ysabelle Kempe
EditorYsabelle joined Smart Cities Dive as an associate editor in 2023. She previously covered climate and the environment at The Bellingham Herald in Washington state. Her work has also appeared in Grist, Scientific American, The Boston Globe and Wired. Ysabelle has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northeastern University, where she also earned a minor in data science. Ysabelle lives in Brooklyn, and in her free time, you'll likely find her reading a magazine at a café, practicing yoga or treasure-hunting in a secondhand store.
169 articles by Ysabelle Kempe
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FEMA alters how it calculates costs, benefits of disaster resilience projects
May 14, 2024 -
EPA offers $41M to fortify stormwater, sewer infrastructure
May 10, 2024 -
HUD’s $4.8B green retrofit program announces first construction project deal
May 9, 2024 -
‘Reliable’ coastal resilience funds needed from federal government, NYC mayor says
May 8, 2024 -
How can cities build a future with fewer gas pipelines?
May 6, 2024 -
How tracking homelessness in real time ‘by name’ can guide local action
May 3, 2024 -
EPA unveils environmental justice ‘clearinghouse’ with hundreds of resources
May 2, 2024 -
HUD tightens flood-protection rules for new and rebuilt homes
May 1, 2024 -
California’s nature-based solutions ambitions laid out in 81 goals
April 29, 2024 -
Results are in for a Los Angeles cool pavement experiment
April 26, 2024 -
What 54 climate adaptation plans say about how communities are preparing
April 24, 2024 -
Want a 7-day forecast of heat risk near you? Check out this new federal tool.
April 23, 2024 -
Air quality data is now widely available, but what should communities do with it?
April 19, 2024 -
Boston teams with climate tech company to map floods as they happen
April 16, 2024 -
DOE awards $27M for communities to plan a clean-energy future
April 11, 2024 -
This city wants to deconstruct buildings to balance climate goals with growth
April 9, 2024 -
Bird reorganizes into new company as it emerges from bankruptcy
April 8, 2024 -
These 8 nonprofits got $20B from the Biden administration for local clean energy financing. Now what?
April 5, 2024 -
High-priority local actions in Biden’s new plan to slash building GHG emissions
April 3, 2024 -
Government officials, transit agencies get silly on social for April Fools’ Day
April 2, 2024 -
DC mayor brokers $515M deal to keep two pro sports teams downtown
March 28, 2024 -
What’s stifling city climate action? Municipal finance practices, one report says
March 27, 2024 -
To chart its path away from gas, Massachusetts launches energy transformation office
March 25, 2024 -
Communities hoping to build disaster resilience request record $8B in FEMA grants
March 21, 2024 -
What mayors really think about the Inflation Reduction Act
March 20, 2024